Andrew Lambirth

Eduardo Chillida — the great modern sculptor, whom we shamefully ignore

‘Basoa IV’, 1990, by Eduardo Chillida. Getty Images | Shutterstock | iStock | Alamy 
issue 06 July 2013
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Eduardo Chillida (1924–2002) is one of the greatest of modern sculptors yet curiously little known in this country. The last major show in London was at the Hayward Gallery in 1990, where I first encountered his work in real depth. Before that, he had only exhibited once in the UK, a solo show at the McRoberts & Tunnard Gallery in 1965.

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